VP of Platform Marketing The Future of Development is in the Cloud Adam Gross
VP of Platform Marketing
The Future of Development is in the Cloud
Adam Gross
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Introducing Salesforce.com
• 43,600+ Successful Customers
• 1.1 million Subscribers
• ~$1 Billion revenue run rate*
• NYSE: CRM
• Founded 1999, HQ San Francisco, CA
• ~3,000 Employees; 40 Offices; 20 Countries
• 26 Generations of Product Innovation
• <1% Customer Attrition 2001 2008200720062005200420032002
Fiscal Year
43,600CustomersGrowth in Customers
* Run rate based on FY09 Q1 reported results
Salesforce.com’s Mission: SaaS Model Driver, Catalyst & Evangelist
Software as a Service
21st
Century Apps
Client/Server
Late 20th
Century Apps
Mainframe
Mid 20th
Century Apps
Cloud ComputingClient / Server& App Server Platforms
Mainframe Platforms
Just As Applications Have Moved to SaaS:Platforms Are Now Moving to Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Notes
21st
Century PlatformsLate 20th
Century PlatformsMid 20th
Century Platforms
It’s Time For Every Software Developer To Ask: “Which Path Will I Choose?”
It’s Time For Every Software Developer To Ask: “Which Path Will I Choose?”
The Software Developer’s Path Has Been Expensive, Complex and Risky
Infrastructure
Database
Business Logic
User Interface
Integration
ApplicationDelivery
ApplicationDistribution
ApplicationDevelopment
Cloud Platforms
No hardware or software Cloud APIs Online market places
Traditional Platforms
Install, configure, upgrade, troubleshoot, repeat…
Local Software APIs Sales, marketing, distribution…
More Customer Success Easier and Less risk More Business Success
What’s Different for Developers With Cloud Computing?
Application Delivery: Multi-Tenancy Scalability and PerformanceDelivering 150 Million Transactions Daily
Page Response Time(ms)
Quarterly Transactions
(billions)
2005 2006 2007Fiscal Year 2008
Application Development: Focus on the Service, Not the Server
Development as a service
User interface as a service
Business Logic as a service
Integration as a service
Database as a service
Trusted, security infrastructure
800+800+65,000+65,000+
285,000+285,000+460+460+
Pre-integrated Applications
View, Try, Install
Build on Force.com
CRM & Non-CRM Apps
Application Distribution: The Application Exchange
Apps
Apps InstalledTest Drives
Total ISVs
What’s Different About Cloud Computing? Opportunity
Ideas Unconstrained by
Infrastructure
Mass Innovation for Applications
Power Law of Web APIs
-6 employees-1 Ice Fishing Cabin- 500+ Enterprise Customers
Idea to App in 7 Months
Force.com: Developer Success With Cloud Computing
VP of Platform Marketing
The Future of Development is in the Cloud
Adam Gross